<VV> Fast electric car - no corvair

[Ron]

ONLY 112 mph???  How fast do you drive your FC to the store?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <FrankCB at aol.com>
To: <ricorvair at cox.net>; <virtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Fast electric car - no corvair


>
> In a message dated 6/30/2006 9:30:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> ricorvair at cox.net writes:
>
> http://www.wrightspeed.com/x1.html
>
>
>
> The difficult part of any electric car is the  BATTERY.  Certainly the
> lithium ion type that this uses is probably the  best commercially 
> available and the
> same type that powers modern laptop  computers but it's very $$$$$.  Plus
> you'll notice that it's only good for  100 miles of driving and permits 
> only 112
> mph top speed.  If they can get  this power source cheaper (and lighter
> weight), they might really have something  here.
>    While these cars get an infinite miles per gallon,  the question in my
> mind is how efficient is the entire power concept, i.e., of  the KW 
> electric
> power put INTO the batteries, just how much comes out and turns  the drive
> wheels.  Electric power energy is lots more costly in the USA  than the 
> energy in
> gasoline (even at $3 per gallon).  But the efficiency of  the electric 
> drive is
> much higher than an internal combustion engine.  So  it comes down to what
> percentage of the electric energy that goes INTO the  battery comes OUT of 
> the
> battery.
>    The ultimate spec. is how many miles per  energy $ it costs to run.
>    Frank "intrigued"  Burkhard
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